problems flashing RA recovery...help!

i have 1.5 on mt3g...i flashed it through terminal emulator and was able
to see it on reboot. i backed up. and restarted to home screen. i
wanted to double&#65279; check and make sure it was backed up so i powered off
then booted up to ra recovery. it didnt work, just went to the android
stock recovery screen...what happened to my recovery ra?? i checked my
sdcard. there is a folder with something backed up, no idea how i'd
restore that if i cant even load up to ra recovery 1.7.0...any help
thank you

it says&#65279; this upon reboot...E:cant open /cache/recovery/command